Symplocos theifoliaD.Don

WFO wfo-0001141689 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Symplocos theifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-06 / obs. 202646798
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32050944
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32043081
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31440384
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202646809
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202646773
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31440385
Symplocos theifolia, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31440383

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Symplocos theifolia is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Assam, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTibetAssamCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarNepalPhilippines
Native distribution of Symplocos theifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dicalix ernestii (Dunn) Migo
  • Dicalix shindoanus Migo
  • Eugenioides theifolium Kuntze
  • Symplocos coronigera H.Lév.
  • Symplocos discolor Brand
  • Symplocos elephantis Guillaumin
  • Symplocos ernestii Dunn
  • Symplocos ernestii var. pubicalyx C.Chen
  • Symplocos junshanensis Q.X.Liu
  • Symplocos loheri Brand
  • Symplocos phyllocalyx C.B.Clarke
  • Symplocos potaninii Gontsch.
  • Symplocos warburgii Brand
  • Symplocos wilsonii Brand
  • Symplocos xanthoxantha H.Lév.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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